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EU, Arab League forge connections at first desert summit There is a relaxed schedule for the two-day summit of the European Union and the Arab League. The broad agenda refers obliquely to discussions on "global and regional challenges." It is unlikely that any concrete decisions will be made on issues such asmigration policy. The motto for this first summit, which starts on Sunday, seems to be that everything is optional. According to an EU official in Brussels in charge of preparing the meeting at the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, there is value in the fact that this "historic" summit is taking place at all. Read more: The world is a broken puzzle "We have different views in many policy areas, that is clear, but talking to each other, getting involved with each other, is the only way to forge connections," the EU diplomat said.
Japanese voters reject plans to move controversial US base Sundayʼs referendum on the Japanese island of Okinawa saw a majority of voters reject plans to relocate a controversial US military base on the island, exit polls suggested. With 42 percent of ballots counted, some 72 percent voted against the move with 19 percent in favor, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper said. On the proposal to move the US Marine Corps Air Station at Futenma to a new location on the same island, voters were asked whether they supported the relocation; opposed it; or neither. Public broadcaster NHK said the number of "No" votes needed to substantially exceed the one-quarter threshold had likely been reached. This would pressure the islandʼs governor to "respect" the outcome of the non-binding poll.
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Pope Francis vows to stop cover-ups of child sexual abuse Pope Francis has promised to stop cover-ups of child sexual abuse
Hijack attempt on Dubaibound plane in Bangladesh A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the southeastern Bangladeshi city of Chattogram on Sunday after a man allegedly tried to hijack the aircraft. The plane was en route to Dubai from Dhaka, with a stopover in Chittagong, when the incident took place on Sunday, Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Mohibul Haque said. The jetliner made an emergency landing at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong at 5:15 p.m. (1315 UTC). Police said security forces stormed the plane and tried to arrest the lone suspect, a Bangladeshi man, aged around 25. SM Matiur Rahman, a major general in the Bangladesh Army, said the suspect acted aggressively toward officers on the plane, and in response, commandos opened fire on the man, who was injured and immediately detained.
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan reached 9-year peak in 2018 Pope Francis has promised to stop cover-ups of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Chuch "as was usual in the past." Francis said clergymen who should have spiritually guided children instead became "tormentors." Pope Francis on Sunday vowed to bring an end to the practice of covering up child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, as he addressed bishops at the end of alandmark summit to tackle pedophilia. "If in the Church there should emerge even a single case of abuse — which already in itself represents an atrocity — that case will be faced with the utmost seriousness." Read more: Sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church He called for an "all-out battle" against sexual abuse, which he described as abominable and said should be "erased from the face of the earth." While child sex abuse gravely affected societies as a whole, "this evil is in no way less monstrous when it takes place in the church," Francis said. He said the sexual abuse of children becomes even more scandalous when it occurs in the Catholic Church, "for it is utterly incompati-
ble with her moral authority and ethical credibility," adding that children "instead of finding spiritual guides ... encountered tormentors" who abused their power. Read more: Nuns fight sexual abuse in Indiaʼs Catholic Church Francis compared the sexual abuse of children to human sacrifice, saying: "I am reminded of the cruel religious practice, once widespread in certain cultures, of sacrificing human beings — frequently children — in pagan rites." "Our work has made us realize once again that the gravity of the scourge of the sexual abuse of minors is, and historically has been, a widespread phenomenon in all cultures and societies," he said. As Francis ended his talk he promised that the guidelines used by national bishops conferences to prevent abuse and punish perpetrators would be reviewed and strengthened.
More civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2018 than in any of the previous nine years of the protracted conflict, according to a United Nations report released on Sunday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by militant groups and aerial attacks by US-led coalition forces. The UNAMA annual report said that 10,993 civilians were killed or wounded last year, the highest number since the international organization started recording figures in 2009.
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Germany speeds up asylum process German authorities took a little over six months on an average to process asylum requests in the third quarter of 2018, according to an Interior Ministry response to a parliamentary question by the Left party. The average processing time was 9.2 months in the first quarter and 7.3 months in the second quarter, newspapers of the Funke Medien‐ gruppe quoted. In 2017, the asylum seekers had to wait an average of 10.7 months for a decision. The time that the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) officials needed to process asylum requests in the third quarter is still way below the target of three months that Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with state premiers in 2015. "Instead of the costly and mostly ineffective process of questioning the protection status that has already been granted, as is currently happening hundreds of thousands of times in the context of the revocation investigations, the BAMF staff should be deployed to examine the asylum applications and gain better qualifications," Left Party domestic policy expert Ulla Jelpke told Funke newspapers. This could effectively shorten the length of procedures "without compromising the quality of the procedures," she said.
Germanyʼs migrants: wooed and discriminated "We are Hamburg. Are you in?" Thatʼs the slogan Hamburg is using to advertise municipal jobs to migrants. From police officers to teachers, doctors, bookkeepers and prison workers — the city is hoping to hire more employees with an migrant background. And itʼs not just Hamburg making this push. All throughout Germany, the business and public sectors alike are focusing on the countryʼs newest residents. Rising education levels Thatʼs because the average education level of migrants in Germany is on the rise. In 2011, one-quarter of young migrants between the ages of 18 and 25 had completed their "Abitur," or high school certificate exam. By 2015, that figure had climbed to 33 percent. During that same period, the percentage of youth without a migrant background who completed high school rose from 32 to 39 percent. 2
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Iraq braces for more unrest as Basra protests gather pace An estimated 200 protesters gathered on Monday morning at the main gate leading to three of Iraqʼs major oil fields in the southern oil-exporting city of Basra. Protests in Basra, Iraqʼs second-largest city, started last Tuesdaywhen security forces opened fire, killing one person and wounding five. They soon spread to other provinces. Read more: Iraq hangs 13 ʼISʼ prisoners as PM Haidar al-Abadi calls for ʼjust retributionʼ The oil hub of Basra and other parts of the Shiʼite south have long been neglected, first by Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein and then by Shiʼite-led governments. But an ongoing political crisis and the recent rhetoric of Grand Ayatollah alSistani, the top Shiʼite cleric in the country have also clearly aggravated the situation.
Prime Minister Theresa May has delayed a lawmakersʼ vote on Brexit to just over two weeks before Britainʼs planned EU exit. The opposition Labour Party has hinted it is moving in the "direction" of a new referendum. British Prime Minister Theresa May told the British media on Sunday that a vote on her Brexit deal would be delayed until the 12th of March — only 17 days before the Brexit deadline. May, on her way to an EU-Arab League summit in Egypt, said her negotiating team still had issues to thrash out with their opposite numbers in Brussels. "As a result of that we wonʼt bring a
Germany: Auditors slam pricey naval ship repairs "Severe" mismanagement within the German navyand Defense Ministry led to massive cost overruns in restoration work on a naval training ship, according to a confidential report seen by Der Spiegel magazine. Repair estimates on the Gorch Fock were originally priced at under €10 million ($11.5 million), but skyrocketed to €135 million last year, the 39-page report from the National Audit Office found. The agency blamed military officers for inadequately examining the sailing shipʼs deficiencies, ignoring information vital for the repair work and failing to fully inform Defense
meaningful vote to parliament this week. But we will ensure that that happens by March 12," she was quoted as saying. May said she still planned for the country to leave the EU at the end of March. "It is still within our grasp to leave the European Union with a deal on the 29th of March and that is what we are working to do," May told reporters aboard her plane. Minister Ursula von der Leyen. Work on the shipʼs hull and renewal of its upper and middle deck began in 2015 without an economic feasibility study, and without considering the case for constructing a new ship, auditors said. A Defense Ministry spokesperson said the ministry would submit a formal reply to the Federal Audit Officeʼs accusations by April.
UK reveals fighter jet ʼTempestʼ for post-Brexit era Williamson said the "world-beating" jet can be used unmanned, as a drone, or with pilots. It is scheduled to be operational by 2035. The UK is to invest 2 billion pounds ($2.7 billion, €2.3 billion) to 2025 in the stealth
warplane, which will involve British companies BAE Systems and RollsRoyce as well as Anglo-Italian Leonardo and pan-European MBDA. Aiming to ensure UK leadership in defense Williamson said the program was designed to ensure Britainʼs continued leadership in fighter technology and control of airspace in future conflicts. Last year,France and Germany signed an agreementto develop Europeʼs next-generation fighter jet to replace the aging Rafale and Eurofighter jet by 2040, involving Europeʼs Airbus and Franceʼs Dassault Aviation. Following the 2016 Brexit referendum, Airbus moved to partner with Dassault at the expense of Britainʼs BAE Systems. There are concerns in Britain that its defense industry may be shut out from EU plans for next-generation fighter jets, although, officially, both projects have invited other companies to join.
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German politicians alarmed by rising anti-Semitism in France In France, which is home to Western Europeʼs largest Jewish community, anti-Semitic attacks rose to 74 percent last year. Germany and Britain, too, have seen an uptick in anti-Semitic incidents in the past few months. Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said on Sunday heʼs concerned about a sharp rise in anti-Semitic attacks in France, in an interview with the German Welt am Sonntag newspaper, "The anti-Semitic incidents in France are disturbing and frightening for the Jewish community in Germany also," Schuster said. Read more: Opinion: Paris attack and Europeʼs history of anti-Semitism In a meeting with Jewish community leaders on Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron
Reform Germanyʼs welfare state, urges communal association A simplification of Germanyʼs welfare state is wanted by its Association of Towns and Municipalities (BStGB). Only then, it says, will communities be able to cope with demographic aging and future economic strains. Germanyʼs11,054 communal authoritieswere overburdened with complicated welfare delivery and needed "de-bureaucratization" to stay within budget in the future, asserted association chief executive Gerd Landsberg on Tuesday. "Every problem is met with the promise that there is more money and naturally more personnel," he said, adding that, longterm, Germanyʼs highly legislated welfare state would not function, given finite taxation revenues, populations withmore elderly, and regions facing loss of industry and jobs. Landsberg told newspapers run by the Funke MedienGruppe (media group) – which is based in Essen in the once coal and steel-dominated Ruhr region – that the reform should start with the reexamination of welfare grants and tax relief for families.
admitted that anti-Semitism in France had grown manifold in recent years "and the situation has got worse in recent weeks." Macron said he had urged the Interior Ministry totake steps to ban racist or anti-Semitic groupsin the country. Read more: Did anti-Semites infiltrate Franceʼs yellow vests? France is not the only EU country experiencing a spike in antiSemitic acts; both Germany and Britain have also reported an uptick last year, reaching a record 1,652 in the UK.
Germanyʼs Deutsche Bahn short of hundreds of train drivers
German rail carrier Deutsche Bahn is short at least 733 train drivers for the current year, and the situation may even be worse than admitted, according to a report by the RND news group. The figures came from a transport ministry response to a parliamentary request from the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which was then passed to the news group. However, the German Engine Drivers Union (GDL) chief Claus Weselsky called the 733 figure a
"flat lie." He accused Deutsche Bahn of "whitewashing" the numbers by counting around a thousand train drivers who would only complete training this year. Read more: Deutsche Bahn flaws prompt calls for basic railway reform Deutsche Bahn recruited 1,076 new train drivers last year, according to the RND report. Around 18,000 train drivers work for Deutsche Bahn. According to Weselsky, 1,500 train driver posts were vacant last year.
ʼMiss Germanyʼ goes to police officer, cyber crime investigator Freshly crowned Nadine Berneis said Saturday she would apply for one yearʼs leave from her Stuttgart police precinct for her new role as German beauty emissary. "My dream has come true," said Berneis, originally from Dresden in Germanyʼs eastern state of Saxony, and an enthusiast of endurance fitness training and cycling. The 28-year-old was picked by a four-member jury, including the British dancer Nikeata Thompson and former German "law-and-order" federal parliamentarian Wolfgang Bosbach.
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German firms warned about Chinese ʼcloud hopperʼ hackers Germanyʼs BSI information security agency, tipped off by America, has identified small weak-link service firms as the gateways used to hack German industry, Germanyʼs Süddeutsche Zeitung daily newspaper said on Wednesday. Referring to US President Donald Trumpʼs trade row with China and citing the "well-informed"website Axios, the paper said the BSI "acted promptly." Their actions in late November came after the US, via diplomatic channels, named German firms apparently targeted by "cloud hopper" hackers — allegedly from China. German mechanical engineering and material research concerns were targeted in particular, the Munichbased newspaper said. Cyber experts have long warned that Germany, with its high level of manufacturing and engineering expertise, would be keenly targeted for industrial secrets by hackers. The BSI - in a5 December press release — said the worldwide-circulating malware (malicious software) "Emotet," with the potential to paralyze enterprise networks, had led to a "heap" of severe incidents in Germany. Categorized as Advanced Persistent Threats (APT), these were "highly professional" attacks adapted and automated the use of Emotet within infected networks, said BSI president Arne Schönbohm.
Mann+Hummel: Hidden champion fights fine particles It only takes the weather to be unfavorable,and megacities across the world sink into wafts of mist. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), some 7 million people die every year partly as a result of inhaling polluted air over longer periods. Increasing traffic has no doubt contributed to creating "thick air." Many nations are in the middle of campaigns to reverse the trend by pushing e-mobility, arguing that electric vehicles donʼt have exhaust pipes as sources of poisonous nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. But a closer look reveals that fine particulates cannot be reduced drastically through electric cars. "Irrespective of a carʼs transmission system, it will always produce a lot of particulate matter," says Jan-Eric Raschke, who heads the fine particulates/filtration division at the German company Mann+Hummel. He explains thatroughly 90 percent of all particulate emissions in cars stem from tire wear and the braking system. 4
Car-sharing usage up in Germany German car-sharing companies logged sharp growth in 2018, picking up an extra 350,000 registered customers. The sector has been slow to establish itself in Germany, but 20,200 car-sharing vehicles are now on the roads.
2019: The year after peak global growth
After boom comes bust — few economists would disagree that this eternal rule of free market-based or capitalist economies is as true today as it was, say, 150 years ago. A similar consensus seems to be emerging in the profession about the current business cycle, which many say is nearing its end — in 2019, or 2020 at the latest. At the time of writing though, the post financial crisis economic boom still seems well set on becoming the longest expansion in many countries. If the American economy, for example, makes it past June 2019 without a recession, the recovery will exceed 120 months and become the longest expansion since US economic records were first taken in 1857. Yet, global data trackers, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), are less optimistic about ongoing growth in the rest of the world. The IMF, for example, thinks global growth plateauedat 3.7 percent in 2018.
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The number of people usingcarsharing services in Germanyincreased in 2018, with 2.46 million registered users — about 350,000 more than the year before — national car-sharing lobby Bundesverband Carsharing said on Wednesday. "More and more people want to play their own part in the transportation revolution," said managing director Gunnar Nehrke as his organization released annual figures for the sector. "After a period of stagnation, the market has grown markedly again." More cars for
hire, two principal systems Bundesverband Carsharingʼs 2018 data said that a total of 20,200 car-sharing vehicles were now on Germanyʼs roads, a year-on-year increase of 12 percent. The most popular type of service in Germany remained socalled "free-floating" car-sharing programs, when a car is parked where the last customer left it and it can then be located by mobile phone by the next user who wishes to use it. Usage of these services rose 14.9 percent on the year.
Japanʼs Nikkei plunges after US economic turmoil
Dwindling biodiversity threatens
Japanʼs Nikkei index closed on Tuesday after tumbling by an unusually large 5.1 percent. Stocks in Shanghai and Taiwan also tumbled following heavy losses on Wall Street over PresidentDonald Trumpʼs attack on the US central bank. Tokyoʼs benchmark stock index hit a 20-month low as worries mounted over the US economy during a government funding crisis. On Monday evening, Trump shocked investor confidence by hitting out at the Federal Reserve, tweeting: "The only problem our economy has is the Fed. They donʼt have a feel for the Market, they donʼt understand necessary Trade Wars or Strong Dollars or even Democrat Shutdowns over Borders." Although the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, was nominated by Trump, the Fed is not under the control of the White House, much to Trumpʼs consternation. The US economy has also been suffering from trade disputes Trump has started with China.
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food security, says UN
By choosing to eat the same meals again and again, people are putting the future of food supply at risk, a United Nations report has said. Farming and fishing practices could be revamped and new crops introduced. People are becoming too dependent on an increasingly narrower number of species when it comes to food supply, the UNʼs Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday. Thedestruction of biodiversityis leaving food production systems susceptible to shocks such as disease, droughts and pests, as well as extreme weather events linked to climate change. While some 6,000 plants species can be used for food, less than 200 varieties are widely eaten. Of those, only nine make up most of the worldʼs crop production. "The loss of biodiversity for food and agriculture is seriously undermining our ability to feed and nourish an ever-growing global population," the FAOʼs head, Jose Graziano da Silva, said in a statement. "We need to use biodiversity in a sustainable way so that we can better respond to rising climate change challenges and produce food in a way that doesnʼt harm our environment," he added.
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Icy facts about the most southern region in the world Fascinating Antarctica:
Antarctica is the largest desert in the world, covering an area of 13,829,430 square kilometres (533, 957 square miles) — about 1.3 times the size of Europe. Antarctica is the largest desert in the world, covering an area of 13,829,430 square kilometres (533, 957 square miles) — about 1.3 times the size of Europe. Even in the Antarctic summer, from December to February, 99 percent of Antarctica is covered with ice, some of it up to 5000 meters thick. Antarctica is the coldest continent on Earth, with the lowest temperature measured reading -98.6 degrees Celsius (-145,48 degrees Fahrenheit). But thatʼs not all: as it never rains or snows, the
Peter Tork, an accomplished musician best known as the comedic bass player and keyboarder for the 1960s US band the Monkees, died Thursday at the age of 77. Though the cause of his death was not made public, Tork was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of tongue cancer, in 2009. Born Peter Halsten Thorkelson on February 13, 1942, in Washington DC, he began his career in New Yorkʼs Greenwich Village folk music scene. He was an accomplished musician in his own right when he auditioned for a role in the Monkees, the band that would later bring him fame. Lovable goof in a wildly popular boy band The project was the brainchild of US television executives who were keen on launching an American version of the Beatles. The Monkees had a successful television show centered on the antics of a crazy young Los Angeles band looking to get famous.
No Red Bull Air Race for Budapest in 2019
the Parthenon. Greek Culture Minister Myrsini Zorba has called Hartwig Fischer a "cynic" and his argument for keeping the marbles in London, "indicative of a narrow managerial mindset." She also accused the noted historian of having a perverse understanding of history, "harping on old, British colonial arguments," during an interview with the Greek newspaper Ta Nea, to justify his new, iron-first stance at the British Museum.
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continent is also the driest and windiest in the world, with wind speeds reaching in excess of 250 kmph (155 mph). Antarctica comprises the continent and the southern polar sea. The Antarctic Polar Front forms the boundary, where the northern extension of the Southern Ocean separates the cold surface water in the south from the warmer water in the north. Antarctica is located on all longitudes and extends over all time zones. Most research stations operate on the time in their home country.
Have the UK and Greece lost their marbles? In its latest critique of the British Museum, the government in Athens has billed the entityʼs emphatic refusal to hand over Greeceʼs greatest looted treasures, the so-called Elgin Marbles, as "utterly unacceptable." Yet in an angry about-face, Athens has also moved to break decades of diplomatic niceties, taking a personal jab at the British Museumʼs directorfor lauding as "creative," Britainʼs continued hold of the marble masterpieces that once donned
Peter Tork, Monkees bassist, dies, aged 77
Budapest Mayor István Tarlós has not authorised the organisation of the Red Bull Air Race in Budapest this summer – according to a statement just issued by the Mayor’s Office. Held annually in several major cities with notable landmarks for skyline backdrops, the Red Bull Air Race is Formula 1 in the air, presenting incredible stunt-flying spectacles performed by the world’s best pilots. Every year except one since 2003, Budapest has hosted the race, but now it seems that for 2019, the Red Bull Air Race will skip the Hungarian capital.
Thanks to the largest-scale and most comprehensive reconstruction project in the museum’s history, the museum building has been renewed, and, returning to the collection’s first concept, the museum’s permanent exhibitions will also be rearranged. Besides the new permanent exhibitions, the revamped museum will welcome visitors with a chamber exhibition titled Leonardo & the Budapest Horse and Rider. The museum reconstruction, implemented within the framework of the Liget Budapest Project, included the restoration of the Romanesque Hall, which sustained severe damage in World War II and since then had been only partially renovated and used as a storage area, along with the modernisation of the building’s obsolete heating system, the installation of air conditioning in some of the exhibition halls, the renewal of a large part of the roof structure, as well as the addition of new exhibition spaces, visitor areas and modern storage facilities.
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Two Germans win second gold medals at Nordic World Ski Championships
Germanyʼs Markus Eisenbichler on Sunday helped destroy the opposition to win gold in the large hill skijumping team event — his second world title at this yearʼs FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld, Austria. Eisenbichler and his compatriots Karl Geiger, Richard Freitag, and Stephan Leyhe led from start to finish on Innsbruckʼs Bergisel hill, winning 987.5 points overall, a massive 56.5 points — or 31 meters (101 feet) — ahead of hosts Austria, who took silver, and Japan (bronze). Eisenbichler won individual gold ahead of Geiger on Saturday on the Innsbruck hill and now joins compatriot Nordic combined skier Eric Frenzel and Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo as a two-time Seefeld champion.
Australian Open: Angelique Kerber cruises into second round
Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica
Dustin Johnson extends lead to four in WGCMexico Championship
A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net. Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.
Johnson has won five WGC titles
American Dustin Johnson moved four strokes ahead after three rounds of the WGC-Mexico Championship at Chapultepec. The 34-year-old world number three, two ahead at thehalfway stage,was six clear midway through day three, posting a five under 66 to reach 16 under. Rory McIlroy remains second after a 68, mixing seven birdies with four bogeys. Patrick Reed birdied the last three holes in a 64 and is nine under, while Tiger Woods had a four-putt in his 70 and is six under with
Tommy Fleetwood. The third member of the final group, Matt Kuchar, two off the lead overnight, had three double bogeys in a 79 to drop to one under. Johnson sent his drive at the 367-yard par four second hole only three feet from the flag and rolled in the eagle putt. After eight holes his lead was six following McIlroyʼs third bogey of the day, but two holes later the advantage was only two.
Naomi Osaka wins against Petra Kvitova at Australian Open The 2016 champion needed just 72 minutes to beat the Slovenian and talked about being in the groove after getting off on the right foot down under. Read more: What will 2019 bring for Angelique Kerber? "Iʼve played a lot of matches here already in Australia ... I have my rhythm," said Kerber, who played lead-up events in both Perth and Sydney. 6
Japanʼs Naomi Osaka has claimed victory over Czech Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open, earning Osaka the first top ranking in her career. The win also means back-toback Grand Slam titles for the 21year-old Osaka. With a two sets to one victory against Czech Petra Kvitova on Saturday, Japanese Naomi Osaka snatched her first-ever victory at the Australian Open in a tense battle of wills. Osaka served first in Melbourne and managed to claim the first set after a win-
ning the tiebreaker 7-6 (7-2). She appeared on track to a quick victory in the second set of the match, with the Czech making costly mistakes around the midpoint and handing Osaka a 5-3 lead. However, Kvitova then managed to stave off three championship points and eventually won the set 7-5. In the deciding set, Osaka regained her composure and clinched victory by snatching six games to Kvitovaʼs four. "I felt like I was in a state of shock through the entire trophy presentation," Osaka told reporters.